10 Traditional Iranian Dishes You Should Try

A popular dish, featuring grilled meat (usually lamb or chicken), served with steamed saffron rice.

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It is a flavourful stew made with herbs, kidney beans and lamb.

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A tangy stew made with walnuts and pomegranate molasses often served with chicken.

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A savoury rice cake layered with yoghurt, saffron and chicken/lamb.

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A creamy eggplant dip made with kashk (fermented whey), garlic and mint.

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This dish is made of barberries, saffron and chicken/lamb.

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A hearty noodle soup prepared using beans, herbs and kashk.

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A fragrant rice dish made with dill and fava beans, often served with lamb shanks.

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A crescent-shaped fried pastry filled with almonds, walnuts, cardamom, sugar and rosewater.

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if you are a fan of desserts, this one is for you.

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10 Traditional Iranian Dishes You Should Try

A popular dish, featuring grilled meat (usually lamb or chicken), served with steamed saffron rice.

Chelo Kebab

It is a flavourful stew made with herbs, kidney beans and lamb.

Ghormeh Sabzi

A tangy stew made with walnuts and pomegranate molasses often served with chicken.

Fesenjan

A savoury rice cake layered with yoghurt, saffron and chicken/lamb.

Tahchin

A creamy eggplant dip made with kashk (fermented whey), garlic and mint.

Kashk-e Bademjan

This dish is made of barberries, saffron and chicken/lamb.

Zereshk Polo

A hearty noodle soup prepared using beans, herbs and kashk.

Ash-e Reshteh

A fragrant rice dish made with dill and fava beans, often served with lamb shanks.

Baghali Polo

A crescent-shaped fried pastry filled with almonds, walnuts, cardamom, sugar and rosewater.

Ghotab

if you are a fan of desserts, this one is for you.

Zoolbia

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